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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1923
Page
2
An ail week program at Vernon Theatre features a lineup with wide appeal. A main attraction is Vapor duck Jencks Jazz orchestra, billed as the Hammy Jazz Smack, promising lively jazzy numbers and snappy performances for city audiences.
The crowd praised the film Kindred of the Dust at the Picture Palace tonight. Applauding performances and the success of the adaptation left viewers moved, calling it one of the era’s best loved depictions in American cinema.
Members of the First Methodist church plan a lay sermon banquet Friday night at the Vernon hotel for Bishop James Dickey of Waco, with EL Crawford as secretary of the Methodist Centennial inviting district members and church officials. Rev. WP Tarrell will preside as toastmaster and Dickey will be the main speaker.
Rain fell across Marreid Gklannwn Mack Hichland Lolbert Hed river Purge Gilet and other points in Verneau territory aiding farmers as the season ends. Reports say the showers were heaviest from Tothert Gast to Red Viver and soil now ready for planting.
The First Methodist church announces cottage prayer meetings to be held Thursday night in several city sections. At 1021 West Texas Street Mrs. W. Lane leads the session. Other homes on Wood Street, Astor Street, Yatupurika Street, and West Ponse Street host leaders including J A Carney and Walter Harrington.
More than 20 Wilbarger County farmers attended a Friday afternoon session in the city where M M Doneherty of AL M College delivered a free three hour course on farm bookkeeping. County Agent D P B Chaney says local farmers are embracing systematic records to know at all times how they stand, with several already keeping books profitably.
Members of the local Lions club met at the Bailey hotel Friday to discuss road improvements and plan continued talks with Rotary and the chamber of commerce. The road committee including Tiarry Mason Dr M J Moore and Fred Russell will meet again and Lions will visit the Electra club to boost support. Guests Roy Carruth of Chitborle and J A Dixon of Vernon attended.
A discussion on pasturing wheat fields warns of spring damage from over grazing. While some claim pasture improves feed efficiency, experiments at multiple stations show little or no yield gain and possible losses of one to three bushels per acre. Heavy grazing can harm wheat, especially in poor seasons.
Farmers warned that injurious conditions persist as ground stays wet and spring arrives. Overgrazing risks soil blow and slow wheat recovery, with slow maturity and lower yields possible. Advice: feed more, pasture less, and remove cattle as warm weather begins. Silage hay and roughage can offset extra costs. Southwestern Wheat Improvement Association director H. M. Buiner endorses the plan.
The city commission met this afternoon to read and file reports and discuss matters of minor importance. Wis stated that only routine items were on the agenda and no major decisions were expected.
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